Puzzle-box.



J. SZUMLINSKI.

PUZZLE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1911.

Patented Feb. 13,1912.

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JOHN SZUMLINSKI, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

PUZZLE-BOX.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN SzUMLiNsxI, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPuzzle-Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to puzzle boxes and similar receptacles, and theprimary object of my invention is to provide a box with a lid having anovel lock that is concealed and cannot be quickly opened except by aperson familiar with the construction of the box.

A further object of this invention is to provide a box or receptaclewith a pivoted two-part lid that can be easily and quickly locked orunlocked by a person familiar with the construction of the lock and thebox.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein like numerals denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of the box partly broken away and partly in section,showing the lid of the box in a closed and locked position, Fig. 2 is aplan of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the boxshowing the lid in a locked position, Fig. 4 is a similar view showing aportion of the lid shifted, Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a furtheradjustment of the lid of the box, and Fig. 6 is a plan of a port-ion ofthe lid of the box.

A box or receptacle in accordance with this invention comprises anoblong body 1 having rounded ends 2. The body 1, at one end thereof, isprovided with a cavity or recess 3 adapted to contain jewelry or othermatter. The top of the body 1, adjacent to the recess 3, is providedwith a central dovetailed tongue 4 for a purpose that will presentlyappear. The opposite end of the body 1 has the top thereof provided witha recess 5 and movably connected to the top of said body by a pin orrivet 6 is a lid 7. One end of the lid is enlarged, as at 8 and providedwith a dove-tailed groove 9 to receive the tongue 4. The enlarged end ofthe lid is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. November 16, 1911.

. Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

Serial No. 6605574.

beveled, as at 10 to receive the beveled edge 11 of a lid member 12. Thelid member 12 is movably retained upon the lid .7 by the pin or rivet 6,said pin or rivet extending through a slot 13 provided therefor in thelid 7. The lid 7 is provided with a transverse opening 14 adapted toregister with the recess 5, and the inner side of the lid member 12 hasa pocket 15 adapted to register with the opening 14 and the recess 5.Movably arranged within the recess 5 and the opening 14 is a lockingblock 16 adapted to enter the pocket 15 of the lid member 12, when thebox is inverted.

The lid of the box is shown in a locked position in Fig. 1 of thedrawing, and the in one direction, but the lid 7 cannot be opened aslong as the box is retained in an upright position.

To open the lid of the box, it is necessary that the lid member 12 be ina closed position. The box is then inverted whereby the locking block 16will drop into the pocket 15 of the lid member 12, as shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawing. The lid member 12 is then swung upon its pivot to move thepocket 15 out of alinement with the opening 14, as shown in Fig. 4, itbeing preferable to swing the lid member into longitudinal alinementwith the box, thus providing suflicient clearance for a movement of thelid 7. The lid 7 is now shifted longitudinally of the body 1, out ofengagement with the tongue 4, as shown in Fig. 5, the length of the slot13 providing sufficient clearance for the pin or rivet 6. After theenlarged end of the lid has been moved out of engagement with the tongue4, the lid can be swung to one side of the body 1, thereby permitting ofeasy access being had to the cavity or recess 3.

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have resorted to the useof a gravity locking block that is shiftably arranged to shift withinthe box, whereby when the box is properly manipulated, the lid thereofcan be locked or unlocked. As the gravity looking block is concealed, itis practically impossible for the box to be opened, without destroyingthe same, except by a person familiar with its construction.

The box can be made of light and durable wood, of various sizes, andsuitably ornamented to present a neat and attractive appearance.

lid member 12 can be swung upon the lid 7 hat I claim is I I A box ofthe type described, comprising a body having a cavity formed therein, adove-tailed tongue carried by the top of said body at one end thereof,the opposite end of said body having a recess formed therein, a lidhaving one end thereof slotted and pivotally mounted upon said bodyadjacent to the recess thereof, said lid having one end thereof enlargedto provide a dove-tailed groove to receive the tongue of said body, saidlid having an opening formed therein adapted to register with the recessof said body, alid member pivotally supported upon said lid by the samepivot means of said lid, said lid member having one end thereof beveledto engage the enlargement of said lid and the opposite end thereofprovided with a pocket adapted to register with the opening of said lidand the recess of said body, and a gravitv lockin block arranged withinthe opening of said lid and the recess of said body for locking said lidin a closed position, said block being of less length than the depth ofsaid pocket of the lid member and adapted to enter said pocket of saidlid member, whereby said lid member can be adjusted to move said blockout of registration With the opening of said lid to permit of said lidbeing longitudinally shifted upon said body and swung to an openposition.

In testimony whereof I atfiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN .SZUMLINSKI. Vitnesses MIoHnAL J. PYTWOAL, VINCENT CINLIK.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

